Re: Great Capacitor Dielectric!!!

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Original poster: "tesla by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla-at-paradise-dot-net.nz>

Suggest you check what material it is made of and look at dielectic loss of
it before spending too much time, it could be lossey
Best
TEd L in NZ
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Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 4:50 PM
Subject: Great Capacitor Dielectric!!!


> Original poster: "Cory Roussel by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<imcuddlycory-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
> Hello all!
>
> I recently came upon some transparency film, the kind
> used in presentations and i thot... hmmmm what if i
> used this as a dielectric for a capacitor...  so i
> brought a few sheets of it home, and it works great!
> its a nice compatable thickness, pretty tear
> resistant, rugged, withstands heat well i would assume
> because its used on hot surfaces of the projector!  so
> far i am just using it by charging it with my 7000V
> ionizer supply...  it has a reasonable ammount of
> voltage puncture but due to their nice easy sheet
> size, shape, they can be very easily doubled or
> tripled or whatever you need... this seems like the
> ideal dielectric for the HV/Tesla experimenter...  I
> checked pricing its about $7 american dollars for 60
> sheets 8.5/11 or if your a highschooler you can just
> ask your teachers to give you the stuff after they use
> it...  i would appreciate anyone giving me responces
> on how it works for them if they try it, mabey somone
> is knowledgable enough to figure out what exactly its
> made of and waht it's dielectric constant is....
>
>
> later,
>
> Cory Roussel
>